Kristen received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH in 2011 followed by a Master of Medical Science from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2014. She started her career at Johns Hopkins as a Hospitalist completing a one-year mock residency program.  After completion, she returned home to Cincinnati working as an inpatient GI Hospitalist until 2018. She then moved to Louisville, KY with her husband where she continued her work in GI at Norton Healthcare until 2024. In 2024 they moved to Tulsa, OK where she joined Adult Gastroenterology Associates. She joined MNGI Digestive Health in 2024.